Crime: Salford

Hazel Blears
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) crimes, (b) crimes of domestic burglary and (c) violent crimes there were in Salford in (i) 1997 and (ii) the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Mr. Alan Campbell
Information for Salford is not available centrally prior to 1999-2000. In 2008-09, there were a total of 26,549 crimes recorded by the police in the Salford Community Safety Partnership area. Within this total, there were 2,182 offences of domestic burglary and 4,657 offences of violence against the person.